"We'll be giving out some prototypes to customers to gauge their reactions, I guess, in the next three to four months," he said. "There are noise issues and heat issues and being able to [deal with] that while still offering a powerful enough gaming experience is the challenge in building it."

How many models will there be? How much will they cost? What will they look like? Details are slim right now—but Newell has hinted that they're looking into biometric controllers in some form, and he reiterated that desire while chatting with the BBC today: "So you need to actually be able to directly measure how aroused the player is—what their heart rate is, things like that—in order to offer them a new experience each time they play."